Health activities driven by remote Indigenous communities may be key to the sustainable and successful treatment and prevention of a potentially fatal disease, a study has found. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2018
• July

Researchers at Perth's Telethon Kids Institute have begun a comprehensive research project into vaccines aimed at tackling rheumatic fever. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2014
• September

Western Australian doctors are now required by law to report all cases of rheumatic heart disease. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2015
• June

Researchers from Telethon Kids Institute are joining forces with international experts in acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) to transform the diagnosis of these diseases thanks to an $US8 million grant from the Leducq Foundation. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2023
• February

Rheumatic heart disease, a deadly yet entirely preventable heart disease taking the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, is finally on the verge of elimination thanks to new research ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2020
• September